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H- C. MILLER Jam, PD, 1950 CONTAINER Filed Feb. 15, 1945 HNVEN'FDRHARRY. 6. IWILLER.

Eli/592G 5 Patented Jan. 10, 195O UNITED CONTAIN Harry G. Miller,Meadville, Pa., assignor to La Coeur Company, a company of PennsylvaniaApplication February 13, 1945, Serial N 0. 577,697

This invention relates to bottles or containers and particularly, to animproved bottle or container having in combination therewith means forcontaining separate quantities of supplementary dry or liquidingredients.

oftentimes, it is desirable to provide a package having a container inwhich the main liquid is disposed and having other means arrangedtherewith. for carrying a plurality of small packages of material suchas capsules, vials, or tablets either in liquid or other form, whicheither are adapted to be emptied when used in the main liquid, or areadapted to be used with or subsequently to the use of the main liquid.Such a container is provided for related items of manufacture which aresupplemental to each other in use, but cannot or ought not to be mixedwith each other before use. This is done to avoid the deleteriouseffects common to the prolonged combination of ingredients asmanufactured before use and to permit the user to combine the contentsof the capsules or vials with the main liquid so as to provide a freshsolution at the time of use to satisfy his own convenience and desires.

For example, in providing a liquid hair shampoo or dye, it is oftendesirable to provide in addition, capsules containing oil of powderedmaterial which may be added to the shampoo or dye, or used subsequentlythereto, especially in the case of oils, so that the proper amount ofoil may be applied to the hair by the user to satisfy his particularscalp condition. Usually such materials are supplied with the shampoo ordye in capsules and it is, of course, desirable that such materialcontaining capsules be affixed in some manner to the shampoo or dyecontainer so as not to become lost and so as to be readily accessiblefor use. Also, such auxiliary capsules or vials could be used forcarrying some medicinal ingredient or tablets which could not be held inthe main quantity of the liquid. It is to such a container for carryinga main liquid and means for carrying capsules or vials containing suchauxiliary materials that the present invention relates.

Accordingly, it is the general object of the present invention toprovide an improved container having auxiliary means incorporatedtherewith for carrying a plurality of capsules or the like.

It is another object of the invention to provide an improved bottle forcarrying capsules or the like, containing materials supplemental to themain liquid contained therein, which is simple and inexpensive in itsconstruction and, at the same time, one which can be easily andconveniently manufactured.

3 Claims. (Cl. 215-6) It is a further object of this invention to provide an improved bottle or container of the class described which iscompact and neat appearing and at the same time, one having capsule orthe like-carrying means Which-is designed and constructed in such amanner that any danger of crushing or damaging the capsules iseliminated.

It is a more specific object of my invention to provide an improvedbottle having a conventional neck and stopper with channels or openingsarranged in the side Walls thereof for carrying a plurality of capsulesor the like, containing auxiliary materials. y

Various other objects and advantages of this invention will be moreapparent in the course of the following specification, and will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In these drawings: I

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved bot: tle of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig.1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. V 7

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved bottle orcontainer of my invention comprises a hollow body member 2, preferablyrectangular-shaped, having top and bottom walls 3 and 4, respectively,and side and end walls 5 and 6, respectively. This body member may bemade from glass, plastic or any suitable material which can beconveniently molded. In the top wall 3 there is arranged preferably athreaded neck portion I having an opening arranged therethrough throughwhich the main liquid disposed in the hollow portion 8, is adapted to bepoured form the bottle. There is provided as a closure for the neck,preferably a conventional screw cap 9, but it will be understood thatany other suitable closure may be provided.

According to the present invention, there is arranged preferably in eachof the side walls 5, a plurality of elongated chambers or magazines inthe form of grooves of channels In, two in the present invention, havinga substantially circularshaped cross-section with one end of each ofthese channels or grooves opening into one of the ends walls :6, asQatl2. While these chambers in are preferably in the form of channels orgrooves having 'an open side in the side wall of the bottle, as shownherein, it will be understood that these chambers may be entirelyenclosed so as to provide merely open-ended passageways or chambers. Thechannels or grooves ID are shown as being disposed horizontally, but itwill be seen 3 that they may be positioned diagonally or vertically ofthe bottle, as desired.

Adjacent the open end 12 of each of the channels or passageways ID,there is arranged, means such as a teat-like portion 13, which projectsinto the channel thereby partially obstructing the open end as moreclearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. It will be seen that aplurality of capsules C, each containingthe desired related orsupplementary product or ingredient, are disposed in each of thechannels ID in end to end relation and that the teat-like portion I3prevents unintentional escapement of the endmost capsule.

from the respective channel. When it is desired to remove a capsule"from any particular channel, the endmost capsule therein is forced orsqueezed through the open end [2 thereof past the restraining teat-likeportion [3 extending thereinto as the capsules yield sufficiently topermit them to be forced past this teat-like portion. It will beunderstood, however, that these teatlike portions I3 protrude into theirrespective channels l merely enough to prevent the accidentaldisplacement of the capsules therefrom and so as not to damage or breakthe capsules when they are being forced over the teat-like portions. Thecapsules can be moved along the channels and expelled from therespective open ends l2 thereof merely by inserting the finger or fingernail into the slotted open sides M of the channels and exerting a slightpressure so as to move thecapsules therealong.

As a result of my invention, it will be seen that there is provided abottleor container which is a decided improvement over other combinationpackages or bottle containers heretofore .su e gested and used forpackaging supplementary capsules or vials containing related orsupplemental ingredients. Usually, such packages employed or requiredseparate capsules or vial containers which were in some manner attachedto the bottle or packaged therewith. In the present invention, it willbe seen that the main liquid together with the capsules are housed inthe bottle itself without the need of providing extra capsulecarryingmeans. Thus, it will be seen that my improved bottle advances thepackaging and use of such manufactures that require some form ofseparate container, especially in measured quantities, andfurthenfacilitates the distribution and sale of such manufacture byreason of the compact and convenient method of containing them.

While I have shown and described'one embodiment which my invention mayassume in practice, it will be understood that this embodiment is merelyfor the purpose of illustration and description and that various otherforms may be devised within the scope of my invention as defined in theappended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A'container of the class described comprising a hollow body member,at least one elongated channel arranged in one'of the walls thereof forhousing a plurality of capsules in end-to-end re lation, one end ofsaidchannel opening into an adjacent wall of said bodymember throughwhich opening saidcapsules are adapted to be inserted into and removedsuccessively-from said-channel, said channel being substantiallycircular-shaped in cross section and having an open slot extendingcontinuously throughout its length along the side of the body member sothat the capsules can be manipulated therein and having an. interiorwall surface substantially greater than degrees so as to prevent thecapsules from escaping from said channel through said open slot, thecross sectional area of said channel at the open end thereof beingslightly less than that of the capsules adapted to be disposed thereinso as to prevent unintentional displacement of the capsules from thechannel but sufliciently large to permit the capsules to beforcedtherethrough.

2. A container of the class described comprising a hollow body member,at least one elongated channel arranged in one of the walls thereof forhousing a plurality of capsules in end-to-end relation, one end of saidchannel opening into an adjacent wall of said body member through whichopening said capsules are adapted to be inserted into and removedsuccessively from said channel, said channel being substantiallycircular-shaped incross section and having an open slot extendingcontinuously throughout its length along the side of the body member sothat the capsules can be manipulated therein and having an interior Wallsurface substantially greater than 180 degrees so as to prevent thecapsules from escaping from said'channel through said open slot, ateat-like projection extending into the channel at the open end thereofso that the cross sectional area of the channel at said open end isslightly less than that of the capsules adapted to be disposed thereinso as to prevent unintentional displacement of the capsules from thechannel.

3. A container of the class described comprising a hollowrectangular-shaped body member having bottom, top, and side walls, aplurality of elongated horizontally disposed channels arranged in atleast one of the side walls thereof for housing a plurality of capsulesin end-to-end relation, one end of each of said channels opening into anadjacent wall through which opening the capsules are adapted to beinserted into and removed successively from said channels, each of saidchannels being substantially circular-shaped in cross section and havingan open slot extending continuously throughout their length in said sidewall so that the capsules can be manipulated therein and having aninterior wall surface substantially greater than 180 degrees so as toprevent the capsules from escaping from the channels through said openslots, the cross sectional area of each of said channels at the open endthereof being slightly less than that of the capsules adapted to bedisposed therein so as to prevent unintentional displacement of thecapsules from the channel but sufficiently large to permit the capsulesto be forced therethrough.

HARRY C. MILLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in theGreatBritain Dec. 2, 1942

